Angelina Jolie Joins Producing Team For Broadway-Bound Musical ‘The Outsiders’

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Add Angelina Jolie to the growing list of celebrities lately dipping their toes into producing on Broadway. The Oscar-winning “Girl, Interrupted” actor has become a lead producer on the Broadway-bound new musical The Outsiders, a show based on S.E.

Hinton’s novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 coming-of-age crime drama. The Outsiders had its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse earlier this year.

The Broadway cast and dates have not been revealed yet. READ MORE: Rob Lowe Recalls Tom Cruise Going ‘Ballistic’ Over Sharing A Room While Filming ‘The Outsiders’: ‘He’s Had His Eye On The Ball Since Day One’ “I hope to be able to contribute while continuing to learn from this amazing team, who I have been working with since my daughter brought me to see the show at La Jolla Playhouse,” Jolie said in a statement. “I can’t begin to express how excited I am for this musical to make its Broadway debut and look forward to sharing this new adaptation of ‘The Outsiders’ with the world.” READ MORE: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 2 To Feature Musical Episode: Watch The Dance-Filled Teaser Trailer Other celebs who have signed up to produce Broadway shows include Mariah Carey on the current hit Some Like It Hot.

Dwyane Wade, actor Gabrielle Union and RuPaul joined the producing team of the closed show Ain’t No Mo‘ and Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas joined the producing team of last season’s Chicken & Biscuits.